Notes on Baptism

Matthew 28:19
Mark 16:16
John 3:22-23
John 4:1-2
Acts 2:38
Acts 2:41
Acts 2:47
Acts 8:12-13
Acts 8:36-39
Acts 9:18
Acts 10:47-48
Acts 16:14-15
Acts 18:8
Acts 18:13-14
Acts 18:24-19:7
Acts 22:16
Romans 6:3-5
I Corinthians 1:13-17
I Corinthians 12:13
Galatians 3:26-27
Ephesians 4:5
Colossians 1:13-14
Colossians 2:12-13
Titus 3:4-5
I Peter 3:21

see Salvation
see Things that Accompanying Salvation
see Examples of Conversion

Done immediately upon belief. Appointment Unnecessary.

Acts 16:31-33
Acts 22:16

Open to All People

Matthew 10:32-33
Matthew 28:19
Mark 16:15-16
Acts 2:38
Acts 8:36-37
I Corinthians 12:13
Galatians 3:26-27

Not Open to Infants

Matthew 18:3
Luke 18:16
I Corinthians 14:20
I Peter 2:2

see Age of Accountability
see Personal Accountability

Not Open to the Dead

Luke 16:19-31

see Personal Accountability

Method: Immersion

Mark 1:9-10
John 3:23
Acts 8:36-38
Romans 6:3-5
Colossians 2:12

Purpose: Forgiveness of Sin

Mark 16:15-16
John 3:5
Acts 2:38
Acts 22:16
Romans 6:3-4
Colossians 2:13
I Peter 3:21
I Peter 4:18

Result: Death of Sinful Self and Rebirth

John 1:12-13
John 3:3-6
Romans 6:2-14
Romans 8:10-13
2 Corinthians 5:17
Ephesians 2:1-6
Ephesians 4:24
Colossians 2:12-14
Colossians 2:20
Titus 3:5
I Peter 1:3
I Peter 1:23
I Peter 2:24
I John 2:29
I John 3:9
I John 5:1
I John 5:18

See Also:

Does God Think Baptism is Necessary?

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